Skirt-binding.



Patented June 4, I90l.

no. 675,69l.

A. M. WEBER.

SKIRT BINDING.

(Application filed MIT. 18, 1901.)

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AARON M. \VEBER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

SKIRT-BINDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 67' 5,691, dated June 4, 1901.

Application filed March 18, 1901. Serial No. 51,667. (No specimens.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON M. WEBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York, State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Skirt-Bindings, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to a combined waterproof facing and skirt-binding, and involves improvements upon the article illustrated in my Patents Nos. 032,882 and 632,383, dated September 5, 1898.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cheap effective waterproof facing for skirts, the fabrics being so arranged as to form a binding as well as a facing for the skirt.

The invention consists in an improved article of manufacture comprising a facing and binding, consisting of a facing-strip of waterproof fabric folded upon itself alongits lower edge and stitched and a binding-strip stitched at its lower edge only by a separate line of stitching to one side of the lower folded portion of the facing and adapted to be turned over said folded edge and stitched by a third line of stitching to the opposite side of the facing, whereby when worn the said bindingstrip may be ripped off without ripping. the stitches securing the folded edge of the facing.

Furthermore, the invention consists of an improved article of manufacture comprising a facing and binding, consisting of a facingstrip of waterproof fabric folded upon itself along its lower edge and stitched and a binding-strip stitched at its lower edge only by a separate line of stitching to one side of the lower folded portion of the facing-strip and adapted to be turned over said folded edge and simultaneously stitched by a third line of stitching to the opposite side of the facing and the lower edge of the skirt, whereby when worn said binding-strip may be ripped off without ripping the stitches securing the folded edge of the facing.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 represents a side view, in partial perspective, of the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 8 is a sectional view showing the facing and binding before the latter is folded, and Fig.

a represents an end view of the facing after the binding-strip has been folded around.

In the drawings, A represents waterproof fabric, which constitutes the facing of the strip.

B is a flexible cord which is held within the fold a, formed upon the facing A, by the line of stitching a although it will be understood that instead of a cord being placed within the fold the fabric may be folded upon itself to have the effect of stiffening it.

A flexible fabric 0, preferably of water proof bias-cut velvet, is attached to the facing A by a line of stitching c. This strip of bias-cut fabric 0 is then folded around the lower edge of the facing-strip, and its free end may be secured to the facing-strip by a line of stitching a, which passes through the same and the facing-strip and adjacent the hem-fold in the binding-strip, or this line of stitching a may be used to secure the skirt proper to the lower edge of the facing as well as to secure the binding 0 to the facing. The fabric forming the skirt D is in the position as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2 while be ing stitched simultaneously with the free edge of the binding to the facing by this third line of stitching a. I therefore wish to claim the invention, whether the line of stitching a be used alone to secure the free end of the bind ing to the facing or whether it be used to simultaneously stitch the skirt and the free edge of the binding to the facing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a facing and binding consisting of a facingstrip of waterproof fabric folded upon itself along its lower edge and stitched, and a binding-strip stitched at its lower edge only by a separate line of stitching to one side of the lower folded portion of the facing-strip, and turned over said folded edge and stitched by a third line of stitching to the opposite side of the facing, whereby when worn the said binding-strip may be ripped off without ripping the stitches secnring the folded edge of the facing; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AARON M. WEBER.

Witnesses:

JACOB BERNSTEIN, F. M. BRYANT. 

